Whip construction.



0.11. CLARK.

WHIP CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FREDA". 16. I911- Patented 360.18, 1917.

1NVENTOR. fimrsfiC/az 1 ATTORNEYS.

WITNESS hat/5w.

- vented certain new andusefullmprovements,

ing is "a specification.

hTo a ll mayiconcerni' i @mts amea FWE$THEE 'itAs A H sE r-rs; A 1 g Be it known that I, CHARLES.

tra cit i'zensof the United States of America, residing at WVestficld, inthe' county ;,of H am'pden and A (State of, Massachusetts; have rill}:

in Whip Colistru'ctions, of vwhiohthe follows the -eye or lash loop .of aivhip; i i

The problem of. constructing the lash loops V101: Whips'is one which has-perhaps recei'ved more attention onfvthe part of whip, manufacturers than any, other problem enc0untered inwhipumanufacture. The lash, loop has oome to be commonly known andireooge, -tnized as the Weak .point' in the ,Whip, ,and fromuexperienceyit has been found thatrthe" majority; of whips fail at the lash-loop and would otherwise be; good for a consider blyi longer period of useful servicehad theilashq loop not beenof faulty construction. Count;

less experiments have beenlmade and various; constructions .put forth with the object of k improving the lash loop and, although i the whip art has long been developed a in other !respects, .the-lash' loop construction ofi the I whip has not heretofore, it :is belieyedgbeen satisfactorily worked out.

V a This invention has for its object to pro-g vide animprove'd lashiloop constructionjor *iloop reinforcement; for Whips wherein; a e looped .member, substantially f hair pin shape, is. bound to the;c0re of the whip with the loopl protruding beyond the-tip of the whip to-form-alasl1Y'lo0p, the materialsof 3 t said member being characterized lin thatit is The invention, in an embodiment; at presstrong, fiexible, and resili nt; an'rl ldoes not add materially to the bulk ofthewwhip in, that it maybe joined to the whip core a with a strong, and effective bond. L

entsprieferred, is shown for illustrative purposes-.in the accompanying drawings, in

whichr "v t Figure .1 is an elevational view, the "tip,

end of a whip embodying the invention; p a y i u from the whip.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged crossfsectional view taken on the line 22 of F1g., 1; and

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is an "elevational view; of tithe improved loop forming part shown as removed Referring to these drawingsin detail, the whip body itself may be made up in any suitable manner, The core 5 of the whi (pref- This invention L relates to Whipsand more particularly-to an improved construct on for A .1 yond. Q-fiPQ-f core v andjeyeiforming portion-of member 8 pref-f jerably has a braided lcoveringili which may spciiic ti ii rtettersPatent. v rateatea Dec, 18, 1917';

i a 4 erabllvofltt llsted CLARK;

:near=tl1etip end thereof and terminates with, 5

ia blunt point. Below: the tip endrof core 5, zQthQI materials v such as e ratan or i the like may be applied around the ,core in theusual,

jmanner, and-the whole is covered withgai; 1 suitable braidedcoveringffi Thedash loop ori -eye ,7 of-Qthewhipfis .,-formeldby applying a looped member 8,}bent; substantially in the form of ;a hair, pin to v ;the,core 5' before theflatter isbraided, The

looped member 8 is relatively long com -e pared with the length of the eye 7 to be :formed,4and the long sides of the member areapplied to the: core." at" diametrically) Qpi pos te points, as;,indicatedinfig; 1, so that onl a gmall'portijon of memberflg protrudes The protruding i i p i ;be appliedin; any suitable manner but which i v y'admn a ou ly e a r edby-sl riii sa lower-part of eye I lap-the tubular braided acovering 1 tubular fwoven fabric or stocking on the K looped end: of member 8 before thelatter is. appliedto core-5.g Theooverin gfiisithen i braided oventhememberfi ant core 5fto', firmly bind thegformer to the latter and, covering preferably extends only to the. a

and should slightly over- The; loop forming member 8'; is a formed i a from larhardgand hornlike material, such as a,

quill, for, example and. such material isone of the. important, features of iny; invention? in the particular use'to whichit is putt i The. 1 a

hollow stalk ofa feather quill may be split f longitudinallyinto several parts, and each f gone of these partsmayqbe thereafteruti; lized as a loop forming member. Aside from the l nat-ural characteristics inherentfin featherl quill which make it particularly .d'e-f important foij, wl 'err it isdslit into several 'parts'as described, eachfhas an appreciable ble an a ant eo s? f the P t purposes,i.ltl ere IlSjLal SO, an important strucg turalpadvantage obtained" The factthat; a foo amount of, concavity; ,"Thus, [the member 8 l i is not a flatstrip ibut lisloflcurved cross sec tional shape. Those surfacesof member 8 which r arp d we? ere-conserve an readily "mate with the convex surface ofthe core, as illustrated in Fig. 2., Thus, the quill is advantageous as a material for lash loop construction, on account of its natural concavity'and its tendency to conform readily 

